Playing Catch Up–Polar Express 2011
Phew – Christmas is over and I finally have time to go through all the pictures we took! I have a lot of catch up to do! This year, as always, we went with our neighborhood friends to the Polar Express (Holiday Express) on Saturday, the 10th. For only the 2nd time in 5 years, there was actually no snow “at the North Pole” (which is strange because WE don’t have any snow either…interesting). That’s OK though…the kids know that if there is no snow at the North Pole, the elves must be busy testing all the bikes, skates and other things that need to be outside….without the slippery white stuff….so they melt it all away for a few days!
This year, all the trollies to the North Pole departed, so conveniently, from the school in our subdivision! While we waited for our trolley, the kids could write letters to Santa or color
On the trolley
We were lucky enough to have one of our favorite friends from the park district preschool as our conductor, Mrs. Dawn
Brady’s crew: Bray, Matt and Jackson
There was a reindeer waiting to greet us at the North Pole. The kids were allowed to feed her some bread. I didn’t see it, but this little darling tried to literally eat Brady’s mitten off of his hand.
Here he is recounting the tale….
..as you can see, he thought it was pretty funny!
Pictures with Santa! Brady:
All the boys
Smiling for the picture: Aiden!
Logan (who chose to stand next to Santa this year instead of climbing on)!
A pretty picture of the snowflake lights in Mrs. Clause’s cabin where they serve hot chocolate, cookies and coffee
The bonfire outside
Santa comes out of his tent to wish us farewell and Merry Christmas!
Logan smiles through the pain. What pain, you ask?
Well, he hit his head pretty bad while playing on a park that happened to be near the North Pole. He got a bit of a goose-egg on his forehead. A little TLC when we got home had him feeling much better.
Bye Mrs. Clause – thanks for the cookies and cocoa!
On the way back home (and then over to Anna and Chad’s for pizza and playing)
About Me
- Renay
- Stories about BRLAB: Brian & Renay, two relatively sane parents, and our three adorable, but active boys: Logan - 9, Aiden - 7 and Brady - 6. I started this blog to document our adventures and milestones for those family members who are far away and can't always share the fun in person. This blog has become my way to keep track of everything in the lives of my growing boys - from the super big stuff that seems the most important to the small things that probably really ARE the most important. I always include tons of pictures because I plan to make a book out of the blog on a yearly basis. Time flies by so fast, I can only hope that these posts will help us remember all the wonderful and silly times we have together as a family.
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